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The Lady The Tiger
In the story “The Lady, or the Tiger” there is a decision about what the king’s daughter will do. Will she lead her lover to the door with the lady? Or will she lead him to his death, the door with the tiger. Since the story never tells us exactly what happened, I have to make a guess on my own. I can’t make this guess based off what I would do. But based off of evidence from the text. I also had 5to guess from the actions she had and the things she had said. Personally, I feel like she will lead her lover to worst door. The door with the tiger. Why do I think this? Well, in the story it gives so much detail about how horrible it would be if he lived his life happy with someone else. She acted completely crazy and angry out of jealousy. In …show more content…
Which would be leading the one she loves to the door with the tiger. I believe she is setting him up for his own death. Why would she do such a thing? I guess jealousy overruled her and she no longer had control. I think it would be extremely hurtful to her to see him with someone else. And seeing them together would make it worst. Although, she could have lead him to the door with the lady. She would never want to see the horrific image of her lover being hurt. The story says when she thought of him opening the door to the tiger “she cover her face with her hands.” I do think the story doesn’t give as much detail about this as it does leading him to the tiger. But it still can make the reader think this. According to the story, her “intense fervid soul” would never let her do such a thing like set him up to die. In conclusion, no matter what she does I do not find it fair. She never gets to be happy with the one she loves. They never even got a chance to be happy together. Why would she want to see the one she loves hurt? But why would she want to see him happy with someone else? She would just be hurting herself. Just because the king doesn’t find anyone good enough for his daughter makes her not able to be in love. She can’t be happy. Will she ever get to see fall in love with

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